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Mister Ed

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3. When they called up the reserves, my grandfather was offered a lieutenant's commission in the Maywood Tank Corps.

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Mon May 13, 2024, 02:43 PM

May 2024

Because he was married with children, he had the option of declining. He wanted to accept, but his wife said no, and as it turned out she spared him from the Bataan Death March.

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